HAPPY BIRTHDAY Rene Simard is 60

Saturday

Actress Joanne Woodward (The Three Faces of Eve) is 91.

Consumer advocate/presidential candidate Ralph Nader is 87.

Actor Howard Hesseman (WKRP in Cincinatti) is 81.

Guitarist Neal Schon of Santana, Bad English and Journey is 67.

Former U.S. first daughter Chelsea Clinton is 41.

Singer Josh Groban (You Raise Me Up, Believe) is 40.

Sunday

Actor Gavin MacLeod (Mary Tyler Moore, Love Boat) is 90. Auto racer Mario Andretti is 81. Actress Bernadette Peters (Pennies From Heaven) is 73.

Pop singer/teen idol Rene Simard and actress Rae Dawn Chong (Quest for Fire), daughter of Tommy Chong, are both 60.

SEATTLE — Even before playing their first game, the Seattle Kraken are trying to help revive a college hockey program 1,000 miles from their home rink.

The team announced Friday it has raised $150,000 from investors as part of a challenge gift in an effort to save the program at Alaska Anchorage.

Plans to eliminate the hockey program at Alaska Anchorage were announced in 2020 as part of state budget cuts. Supporters of the program — Save Seawolf Hockey — have raised more than $1.8 million of the estimated $3 million needed to cover two years of operating expenses for the hockey program while providing time to establish financial plans.

The Board of Regents approved an extension to the fundraising deadline earlier this week, which gives the group looking to reinstate the program until Aug. 30.